Author: Lilia Fernández File Type: pdf Brown in the Windy Cityis the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernandez reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in one of Americas great cities. Through their experiences in the citys central neighborhoods over the course of these three decades, Fernandez demonstrates how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans collectively articulated a distinct racial position in Chicago, one that was flexible and fluid, neither black nor white. **

Author: David Edmonds File Type: epub Lucid, witty, and beautifully written, this book is a pleasure to read. While providing an introduction to moral philosophy, it also presents engaging portraits of some of the greatest moral philosophers from Thomas Aquinas to the present day, and it makes the case for the relevance to ethics of the new experimental moral psychology. It is a tour de force.--Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of The Honor Code How Moral Revolutions HappenThis is a splendid work. You shouldnt expect it to resolve all your trolley problems but you can look forward to a romping mix of fine humor, intriguing anecdote, and solid argument. Its a sheer joy to read.--Philip Pettit, Princeton University and Australian National UniversityDavid Edmonds has a remarkable knack for weaving the threads of philosophical debates into an engaging story. Would You Kill the Fat Man? is a stimulating introduction to some key ethical issues and philosophers.--Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save How to Do Your Part to End World PovertyDavid Edmondss new book, Would You Kill the Fat Man?, is both highly informative and a delight to read. Written in a clear, engaging, and witty style, it succeeds admirably in making various fascinating and important debates in philosophy and psychology accessible to a broad readership.--Jeff McMahan, Rutgers UniversityThis is a highly engaging book. David Edmondss reflections are full of insight and he provides fascinating biographical background about the main players in the history of the trolley problem, in a style reminiscent of his very successful Wittgensteins Poker.--Roger Crisp, University of Oxford

Author: John D. Caputo File Type: pdf This is a remarkable book wide-ranging, resonant, and well-written it is also reflective and personable, warm and engaging. -- Philosophy and Literature With this book Caputo takes his place firmly as the foremost American, continental post-modernist... -- International Philosophical Quarterly One cannot but be impressed by the scope of Radical Hermeneutics. -- Man and World Caputos study is stunning in its scope and scholarship. -- Robert E. Lauder, St. Johns University, The Thomist For John D. Caputo, hermeneutics means radical thinking without transcendental justification attending to the ruptures and irregularities in existence before the metaphysics of presence has a chance to smooth them over. Radical Hermeneutics forges a closer collaboration between hermeneutics and deconstruction than has previously been attempted.

Author: Joel P. Christensen File Type: pdf This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the Battle of Frogs and Mice?, a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also offers a new translation of the poem. The commentary furnishes readers with extensive linguistic and literary information so that they may investigate the problem of the poems character and authorship on their own. A full vocabulary at the back ensures this is a one-stop shop for students reading the poem. **Review At last, a wonderful edition of this delightful work of epic parody... Christensen and Robinson provide a marvelous aid to the understanding and appreciation of this too little known work of Greek poetry. Lee Fratantuono, Professor of Classics and William Francis Whitlock Professor of Latin, Ohio Wesleyan University, USA About the Author Joel P. Christensen is Associate Professor of Classics at Brandeis University, USA. He is co-author, with Elton T. E. Barker, of Homer A Beginners Guide (2013). Erik Robinson is a Latin Teacher at Brandeis High School San Antonio, Texas, USA.